Gales Fire
The Gales Fire was reported on July 27, 2021 in Lane County, Oregon and burned 29,356 acres. It was declared out on October 28, 2022. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 29,356 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 27, 2021
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped November 7, 2023 at 12:14 PM PST, 29,356 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 43.952, -122.481.
The incident
- Size
- 29,356 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 27, 2021 at 6:51 AM PDT
- Contained
- July 12, 2022 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- October 28, 2022 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Lane County
- State
- Oregon
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Estimated cost to date
- $45,120,514
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-ORWIF-210279
- IRWIN identifier
- D796DA92-1489-48CC-9D82-AB0A0C4DEA77
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Oakridge, OR covers the area today.
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated November 14, 2022 at 3:32 PM PST. Identifier 2021-ORWIF-210279.